Road to Perdition (installation)
Date: 1995 - 2005 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Region: North America [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Medium: Public Art [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Artist: Marcos Ramirez
Confronting Bodies: Residents of Reading Pennsylvania
Dates of Action: September 2003
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Description of Artwork: Ramirez's piece resembles a highway sign, green with white lettering, and was scheduled to be mounted on a billboard near a busy bridge in Reading, PA. The sign reads a list of eight cities that had been bombed by the United States over the past two centuries, their dates and their distances from Reading, PA.
The Incident: The citizens of Reading, including city councilpersons and business owners, protested the installation of the piece, accusing Ramirez of "America-bashing." The billboard company has since refused to lend the sculpture's organizers, Mexico Illuminated, the billboard space.
Results of Incident: Mexico Illuminated, in addition to several local politicians, have vowed to find a space for Ramirez's piece.
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